Mirpur District
Mirpur District
ضلع میرپور | |
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District of Azad Kashmir administered by Pakistan | |
Mirpur is the capital of Mirpur district | |
Interactive map of Mirpur district | |
Pakistani-administered Azad Kashmir (shaded in green) in the disputed Kashmir region | |
| Coordinates (Mirpur, Azad Kashmir): 33°9′0″N 73°44′0″E / 33.15000°N 73.73333°E | |
| Administering country | Pakistan |
| Territory | Azad Kashmir |
| Division | Mirpur Division |
| Headquarters | Mirpur |
| Government | |
| • Type | District Administration |
| • Deputy Commissioner | N/A |
| • District Police Officer | N/A |
| • District Health Officer | N/A |
| Area | |
• Total | 1,010 km2 (390 sq mi) |
| Population (2017) | |
• Total | 456,200 |
| • Density | 452/km2 (1,170/sq mi) |
| Languages | |
| • Official | Urdu |
| • Spoken | |
| Number of Tehsils | 2 |
Mirpur District (Urdu: ضلع میرپور) is a district of Pakistan-administered Azad Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. It is one of the 10 districts of Pakistan's territory of Azad Kashmir. The Mirpur District is bounded on the north by the Kotli District, on the east by the Bhimber District, on the south by the Gujrat District of Punjab, Pakistan, on the south-west by the Jhelum District of Punjab, Pakistan, and on the west by Rawalpindi District. The district is named after its main city, Mirpur. The Mirpur District has a population of 456,200 and covers an area of 1,010 km2 (390 sq mi). The district is mainly mountainous with some plains. The Mirpur District has a humid subtropical climate which closely resembles that of the Gujrat District and the Jhelum District, the adjoining districts of Pakistan's Punjab Province.